A head-mounted device to be worn on a user's head includes a first pressing member to press, for example, an occipital region, a second pressing member to press, for example, a parietal region, and first and second linear members connected to the first and second pressing members respectively. The first and second linear members are guided so that a change in lengths of the first and second linear members causes the first and second pressing members to move in the first and second directions respectively. An adjustment unit to adjust the lengths of the first and second linear members includes first and second wind-up units connected to a rotational operation member and to wind up the first and second linear members respectively.
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1. A head-mounted device to be worn on a head of a user comprising: a first pressing member configured to press a first region of the head from a first direction; a second pressing member configured to press a second region which is different from the first region of the head from a second direction which is different from the first direction; a first linear member connected to the first pressing member; a second linear member connected to the second pressing member; a guiding member configured to guide the first linear member and the second linear member so that a change in lengths of the first linear member and the second linear member causes the first pressing member and the second pressing member to move in the first direction and the second direction respectively; and an adjustment unit configured to adjust the lengths of the first linear member and the second linear member, wherein the adjustment unit includes first and second wind-up units connected to a rotational operation member and configured to wind up the first linear member and the second linear member, wherein a transmission characteristic of a rotational force from a rotational shaft of the operation member is different between a connection of the first wind-up unit with the rotational shaft and a connection of the second wind-up unit with the rotational shaft, wherein the adjustment unit adjusts the lengths of both the first linear member and the second linear member in accordance with one rotating direction of the rotational operation member, wherein the first region pressed by the first pressing member is a region on a horizontal circumference of the head extending from a temporal region to an occipital region of the head, and wherein the second region pressed by the second pressing member is a region on a vertical circumference of the head extending from one portion of the horizontal circumference to a parietal region of the head.
2. The head-mounted device according to claim 1 , wherein the second wind-up unit includes a mechanism which idles the second wind-up unit with respect to the rotational shaft when a torque between the second wind-up unit and the rotational shaft becomes greater than or equal to a defined torque.
3. The head-mounted device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second wind-up units are connected with each other by a mechanism that follows one rotational direction of the rotational shaft and idles with respect to the other rotational direction, and wherein the rotational direction in which the first wind-up unit follows the rotational shaft and the rotational direction in which the second wind-up unit follows the rotational shaft are in opposite directions.
4. The head-mounted device according to claim 3 , wherein the adjustment units are arranged at positions that each correspond to left and right temporal regions of the head-mounted device, an end of the first linear member is connected to the first wind-up unit in each of the adjustment units, and an end of the second linear member is connected to the second wind-up unit in each of the adjustment units.
5. The head-mounted device according to claim 1 , further comprising a restraining unit configured to restrain a movement of the second pressing member in a different direction from the second direction when the adjustment unit adjusts the length of the second linear member.
6. The head-mounted device according to claim 1 , further comprising a retaining unit configured to retain a position of the second pressing member according to a pressure on the second region by the second pressing member.
7. The head-mounted device according to claim 2 , wherein a wind-up diameter of the second wind-up unit is larger than a wind-up diameter of the first wind-up unit.
8. A head-mounted device to be worn on a head of a user comprising: a first pressing member configured to press a first region of the head from a first direction; a second pressing member configured to press a second region which is different from the first region of the head from a second direction which is different from the first direction; a first linear member connected to the first pressing member; a second linear member connected to the second pressing member; a guiding member configured to guide the first linear member and the second linear member so that a change in lengths of the first linear member and the second linear member causes the first pressing member and the second pressing member to move in the first direction and the second direction respectively; and an adjustment unit configured to adjust the lengths of the first linear member and the second linear member, wherein the adjustment unit includes first and second wind-up units connected to a rotational operation member and configured to wind up the first linear member and the second linear member, and wherein the adjustment unit adjusts the lengths of both the first linear member and the second linear member in accordance with one rotating direction of the rotational operation member, wherein the first region pressed by the first pressing member is a region on a horizontal circumference of the head extending from a temporal region to an occipital region of the head, and wherein the second region pressed by the second pressing member is a region on a vertical circumference of the head extending from one portion of the horizontal circumference to a parietal region of the head.
9. The head-mounted device according to claim 8 , further comprising a restraining unit configured to restrain a movement of the second pressing member in a different direction from the second direction when the adjustment unit adjusts the length of the second linear member.
10. The head-mounted device according to claim 8 , further comprising a retaining unit configured to retain a position of the second pressing member according to a pressure on the second region by the second pressing member.
11. A head-mounted device to be worn on a head of a user comprising: a first pressing member configured to press a first region of the head from a first direction; a second pressing member configured to press a second region which is different from the first region of the head from a second direction which is different from the first direction; a first linear member connected to the first pressing member; a second linear member connected to the second pressing member; a guiding member configured to guide the first linear member and the second linear member so that a change in lengths of the first linear member and the second linear member causes the first pressing member and the second pressing member to move in the first direction and the second direction respectively; and an adjustment unit configured to adjust the lengths of the first linear member and the second linear member, wherein the adjustment unit includes first and second wind-up units connected to a rotational operation member and configured to wind up the first linear member and the second linear member, wherein a transmission characteristic of a rotational force from a rotational shaft of the operation member is different between a connection of the first wind-up unit with the rotational shaft and a connection of the second wind-up unit with the rotational shaft, and wherein the adjustment unit adjusts the lengths of both the first linear member and the second linear member in accordance with one rotating direction of the rotational operation member, wherein the second wind-up unit includes a mechanism which idles the second wind-up unit with respect to the rotational shaft when a torque between the second wind-up unit and the rotational shaft becomes greater than or equal to a defined torque, and wherein a wind-up diameter of the second wind-up unit is larger than a wind-up diameter of the first wind-up unit.
12. The head-mounted device according to claim 11 , wherein the first and second wind-up units are connected with each other by a mechanism that follows one rotational direction of the rotational shaft and idles with respect to the other rotational direction, and wherein the rotational direction in which the first wind-up unit follows the rotational shaft and the rotational direction in which the second wind-up unit follows the rotational shaft are in opposite directions.
13. The head-mounted device according to claim 12 , wherein the adjustment units are arranged at positions that each correspond to left and right temporal regions of the head-mounted device, wherein an end of the first linear member is connected to the first wind-up unit in each of the adjustment units, and wherein an end of the second linear member is connected to the second wind-up unit in each of the adjustment units.
14. The head-mounted device according to claim 11 , further comprising a restraining unit configured to restrain a movement of the second pressing member in a different direction from the second direction when the adjustment unit adjusts the length of the second linear member.
15. The head-mounted device according to claim 11 , further comprising a retaining unit configured to retain a position of the second pressing member according to a pressure on the second region by the second pressing member.
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